Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 4651 to 4660 of 6175.

• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also wanted to mention something because it has also been in the public domain. This Bill has had extensive consultation. I am saying that because I have been party to those consultations, including one meeting which was held last Monday in the Prime Minister’s Office. In attendance was the Commission on the Implementation of the Constitution under the Chairmanship of Charles Nyachae and the Commission on Revenue Allocation, with Micah Cheserem. Indeed, as we were discussing the wider Financial Management Bill, they asked: “Why do we not extract these two and have them discussed ... view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I wish to support the amendment by Ms. Karua but not for the reasons she gave; that there will be cartels going out there, wanting to expunge the evidence. If that is the reason, then we are basically saying that the people we have at the Kenya Anti- Corruption Commission (KACC) are so corrupt that they will actually entertain those cartels to expunge the evidence and go with them. In this case, it will be unfortunate even to retain those members of staff who will entertain those cartels to expunge the evidence. The amendment is superfluous ... view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Seconded. view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Seconded. view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as this is the last Bill we are processing through this House this morning, I would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of the Government, to record our thanks for the efforts put by hon. Members to pass a record six Bills and, more importantly, for the work that took place in the Committees overnight to bring all these amendments. I would also like to record my thanks to the staff of the National Assembly who have worked right through the days and nights to ensure that this business is completed and the people ... view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, my apologies for that oversight. I would also like to extend many thanks to the Chairs of the Committees and to Mr. Speaker for a wonderful delivery of this process. view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Chairlady, much as I appreciate the efforts of the Committee to try to operationalize the requirements within Chapter Six of the Constitution, I believe for the same reasons as we have deleted all those new crimes coming in Clauses 41 and 42, by saying that they are in the wrong statutes, this is also being introduced in the wrong statute. view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, it is important to note that Chapter Six of the Constitution is about ethics. We have a law that governs public officer’s ethics which is scheduled to be amended to define all manner of ethics and circumstances under which a public officer and State officer may operate a bank account outside the country. It is important we appreciate that bank accounts are not opened for purposes of siphoning money out of the country. We must take into account a civil servant or a councillor or MP who has a child in school in Uganda, which is ... view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady. Is the Member for Gichugu in order to insinuate that all people who have bank accounts outside the country have opened those bank accounts using money that has been siphoned from this country? I want to declare that I opened a bank account in the UK in 1990 which I have maintained and has no proceeds of any siphoned money from anywhere. In 1990, I was not in the Government. I only joined the Government in 2003 and I am one of the examples of people who have operated their accounts ... view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, once again I want to congratulate the House for having worked tirelessly since morning and this afternoon and cleared so many Bills. I do appreciate their hard work. It is well past 9.30 p.m. and I really want to thank Members for their endurance and for the quality of work that has been put in doing these Bills for the Kenyan people. I also ask that we recharge our batteries for tomorrow when we do the final phase between morning and afternoon, finish and give the Kenyan people the Constitution and enabling laws that they ... view